Wire fabric.



J. SGHWARTZMAN. WIRE FABRIC.- APPLIUATION FILED JULY 18. 1913.

1,1 1 6,500. Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

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THE NO'RRIE PETERS CO.. PHOTO-QJTHOH WASHINGTON. D, C.

J. SGHWARTZMAN.

WIRE FABRIC.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 18, 1912.

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JACUB SOHWARTZMAN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WIRE FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

Application filed July 18, 1913. Serial No. 779,677.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAOUB Sonwnnrz- MAN, av citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fabrics, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wire or metallic fabrics, the object of the invention being to provide an improved fabric of this character particularly adapted for use in connection with spring mattresses, and which will be simple in construction, durable in use,and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, the said fabric embodying an i1nproved form of edge link whereby the edge of the fabric may be properly reinforced so that when the fabric is assembled the pull on the several links will be in a stra1ght direction lengthwise of the fabric while such fabric will be unusually resilient owing to the peculiar construction of the links.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an improved. fabric forming side link. i y

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of this improved fabric showing the edge reinforced with the edge forming link and. also with a resilient strip, either of which forms of reinforcement may be used independently or they may both be used together; Fig. 2 is a detail view, full size, of one of the improved links for the body of the fabric; Fig. 3 is an edge view of the link shown in Fig. 2; Fig. i is a view, full size, of one of the improved edge forminglinks; Fig. 5 is an edge view of the link shown in Fig. 4:; and Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrating another way of assembling the same form of links.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding arts throughout the several figures of the rawings.

In the form shown the fabric is made up of a series of interconnected or interlocked units 2 each comprising a pair of relatively straight portions 3 and 4 running in substantial parallelism with each other and connected at their ends by a cross-forming portion 5, thus forming a link somewhat resembling a capital letter U. The straight portions 3 and 4 of the link terminate in hooks .or loops 3' and 4: respectively at oneend of the link and at the opposite end ofthe link each merges into an angular formed portion 6 made up of a pair of inclined portions 7 and 8 which at their juncture points are offset one from the other as at 9, the inclined portion 8 in turn being bent inwardly as at 10 to form an eye or loop 11 resembling somewhat the shape of an inverted V, such loop or eye terminating in the cross member Each angular formed portion extends outwardly so that the link at this point is of greater width than at any other point thereof, while the cross member 5 is located inwardly of the extreme end of the link. These angular portions of the link are for the purpose of ermitting an eiiicient and eifective interloc ing or interconnecting of one link with a companion link in the manner shown in Fig. 1, in which it will be ob served that the companion links are as it were twisted together, this being permitted by reason of the offset portions 9 of each link which offset portions constitute the connecting part between the inclined portions forming the triangular portion of the link at this oint. i

For rein orcing and strengthening the edge, the side link shown in Fig. 4: may. be used. The side link is of the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5 and has a triangular portion similar to that hereinbefore described in the U-shaped link. This improved side or edge link comprises a pairof parallel straightportions located relatively close together and each terminating in a hook or loop, one of such strai ht portions being at its opposite end integrzilly connected with the other straight portion by a triangular portion having an offset whereby it may be readily interwoven with the companion links forming the fabric ad links is in a straight direction lengthwise thereof, and it will also be observed that considerable resiliency is obtained both lengthwise and sidewise of the fabric.

In practice one end of the fabric may be reinforced by a crosswise extending rod threaded through the links in the manner shown in Fig. '1 at 25, the ends of the rod having loops for the reception of hooks or loops of the links located at the edges of the fabric. In assembling the links they are assembled in rows in the manner shown in Fig. 1 so that the bulged or triangular formed offset portions will be interlocked or twisted together.

I claim as my invention:

1. A wire fabric for bed springs comprising a multiplicity of wire units arranged in rows, and edge links interconnected with a row of such units, each of said edge links comprising a pair of parallel straight por tions located relatively close together and integrally connected by a triangular portion. 2. A wire fabric for bed springs comprising a multiplicity of wire units arranged in rows, and edge' links interconnected with a row of such units, each of said edge links comprising a pair of parallel straight portions located relatively close together and inte'grally connected by a triangular ortion, said triangular portion having an of set portion.

3. A wire fabric for bed springs comprising a multiplicity of wire units arranged in rows, and a series of edge links interconnected with a row of such units, each of such edge links comprising a pair of Pan allel straight portions terminating in loops or hooks at one end, one of said straight portions being shorterthan the other and integrally connected with the other at the opposite end. I

4; A wire fabric for bed springs comprising a multiplicity of wire units arranged in rows, and a series of edge links interconnected with a row of such units, each of such edge links comprising a pair of parallel straight portions terminating in loops or hooks at one end, one of said straight portions being shorter than the other and integrally connected with the other at the opposite end by a. triangular shaped portion.

5. A wire fabric for bed springs comprising a multiplicity of wire units arranged in rows, and a series of edge links interconnected with-a row of such units, each of such edge links comprising a pair of parallel straight portions terminating in loops or hooks at one end, one of said straight portions being shorter than the other and integrally connected with the other at the opposite end by a triangular shaped portion havin an offset therein.

6. wire fabric for bed springs comprising amtiltiplicity of wire units arranged in rows; each unit consisting of a substantially U-shaped link having a pair of triangular portions each provided with an offset, and a row of edge links interconnected with a row of such wire units at the offset portions thereof, each edge link comprising a pair of parallel straight portions located relatively close together and terminating at one end in hooks or loops and at the other end in a triangular portion having an ofi'set.

7. A wire fabric for bed springs comprising a multiplicity of wire units arrangedin rows, each unit consisting of a substantially U-shaped link having a pair of triangular portions each provided with an offset, and a row of edge links interconnected witha row of such wire units at the ofiset portions thereof, each edge link comprising a pair of parallel straight portions locatedrelatively close together and terminating at oneend in hooks or loops, one of such straight portions being shorter than the other and integrally connected with the other by a laterally projecting portion having an offset.

8. A wire fabric for bed springs comprising a multiplicity of wire units arranged in rows, each unit consisting of a substantially U-shaped link having a pair of triangular portions each provided with an offset, and a row of edge links interconnected With'a row of such wire units at the offset portions thereof, each edge link comprisin a pair "of parallel straight portions locate relatively close together and terminating at one endin hooks or loops, one of said straight portions being shorter than the other and integrally connected with the other by a triangular shaped portion having an offset.

9. A side or edge link for a metallic fabric comprising a pair of parallel straight portions terminating at one end in loops or hooks and at the other end in a triangular portion. 7

10. A side or edge link for a metallic fabric comprising a pair of parallel straight portions terminating at one end in loops or hooks and at the other end in a triangular portion having an ofi'set, said straight or tions being located relatively close toget er.

11. A side or edge link for a metallic fabric comprising a pair of parallel straight portions located relatively close together and terminating at one end in loops or hooks, one of said straight portions being shorter than the other and connected with the other by a triangular portion.

A side or edge link for a metallic fabric comprising a pair of parallel straight portions located relatively close together and terminating at one end in loops'or hooks, one of said straight portions being shorter than the other and connected with the other by a triangular portion, said triangular portion havin an ofi'set. '7

'13. A side or edge link for a metallic fabric comprising a" pair of parallel straight portions terminating at one end in loops or hooks, one of said straight portions being shorter than the other and connected to the other by a laterally projecting portion.

14. A side or edge link for a metallic fabric comprising a pair of parallel straight portions terminating at one end in loops or hooks, one of said straight portions being shorter than the other and connected to the other by a laterally projecting portion of substantially triangular shape.

15. A side or edge link for a metallic fabric comprising a pair of parallel straight portions terminating at one end in loops or hooks, one of said straight portions being shorter than the other and connected to the other by alaterally projecting portion of substantially triangular shape, said laterally porjecting portion having an oflset.

16. A metal fabric for bed springs comprising a multiplicity of wire unlts arranged in rows, one unit connected With another, and series of edge links connected with a row of units and each terminating; at one end in loops or hooks, and a crosswise extending rod having a loop or hook at one end for the reception of the loops or hooks of an edge link, each of such edge links comprising a pair of parallel straight portions and a triangular portion having an offset.

JACUB SCHVVARTZMAN. Witnesses:

EDGAR A. FELLOWS,

W AIJIER L. BAKELAR.

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